Improvement in fuel-presses



N. ALDRICH. -Fue1-Press.

No. 199,394. Patented Jan. 22,1878.

y 02/ a v i I o J WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

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.01 Annex, Iowa.

IMPROVEMENT m FUEL-PRESSES.

Specification forming part of man rum: No. 100,304, ems January as, isv'e; was. filed January 3, 1878. a

1'0 allwliosn M coma '10: D Ea tn G, is supported by braces-e, that Be it known that I, Ns'rm Amines, of Alden, county of-Hardin, and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Fuel-Press, of which the following is a specification Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved fnel ress, with parts broken away to more clesrl y show the construction. Fig. 2 is an sag; elevation, looking toward the discharge. on v siiglilnar letters M s s- My inventionrelates to the class of machines that are employed in compressing straw, com-stalks, and other similar materials for fuel; and it consists in the combination of a feeding-funnel, a pair of ribbed compressing-rolls, a discharge-pipe, and a knife for detsching the bales or bundles after they are compressed.

The working parts ofthe machine are mounted upon a strong frame A whichissupportedv I bylegs B; Vertical mind ands O are secured to the sides of. the frame, and in the said standards are journaled two rollers, D E, each having a concave face, which is provided with transverse ribsa. b are securedilwhich mesh together and cause the rolls to ro together. A pinion, a, mounted on the shaft .ioui'naled in the upper portion of the standards 0, meshes into the upper spnr-wheel b. V In front of the rollsrD E a fnnnehsF, is supported by braces a, that run from the top of the standards 0 to'thefrontend of the frame A. funnel is of e diameter at its outer or receivingend an the end which deel to the no era is somewhat larger in diameter than the circle formed by the adjoining concave faces of the two rollers.

Upon the rear or delivery side of the. rolls of reference indicate corre- To these rollers spur-wheels extend fiom the top of the standards 0 to the ends of the frame with the funnel F by means of strapsfi.

A lever, B, carrying the trian is pivoted to a standard, I, that is to the rear of the machine, and isused for cut-.

ting the com material, as it emerges from the tube G, into lengths convenient for i188. 1. Power is applied to the shafl; d in any convenient way, and a number of wire bands are shpped over .therearwardly-projecting end of the tube (i. Straw corn-stalks, or, other matens! to be teased is supplied to the funnel F, fi'om which, it is taken by the rolls and" compressed, aud forced gh the tube G. As it emerges from said tube thewire bands are slipped born the tube to the bundl the bundle is-of suficient leggth i is cut oil? by bringing-down-the lever v The operation of the machine is continuous and rapid, and the compressed material is delivered in convenient form for handling or Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- .1. The combination, in a fuel-press, of two concave rolls, a feeding-funnel, and dischar tube, bslubstantially as herein shown and e- 2. The combination of the lever carrying.

thetriangular knife with the discharge-tube of abfgfl- I substantially as shown and de- A NATHAIT- ALDRICH. Witnesses: a S. M.Msssnv, Dusim Young.

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